“…For LLT, the simplest enhancement mechanism could be the infection of the cells themselves: in fact, in vitro, they sustain the synthesis of HSV-2 infectious virus particles without showing evidence of cytopathologic alterations, on the contrary, cell multiplication is stimulated [29]. This, however, cannot apply here, because HSV-2 infected LLT cells become xenogenized and thus prone to immunologic destruction whereby tumor formation is slowed rather than enhanced.…”